Organizing

One of the significant contributions that APALA has provided to the mainstream labor movement as well as the Asian Pacific American community is helping to train the next generation of Asian Pacific American (APA) organizers.  When APALA was founded n 1992, there were only a handful of APA organizers.  Working with the Organizing Institute of the AFL-CIO, APALA co-sponsored a series of APALA OI three day Organizing Training Programs.  This has successfully multiplied the number of APA organizers, increased the number of multilingual organizers, and facilitated the ability for effective community outreach.